JTB
New member
Hiya! My first post on this forum. I know this'll probably open up a big can of worms, so I'm going to say something BEFORE you read further:
I don't want anyone to reply saying about the negativity of have a particulate substrate unless they THEMSELVES (not somebody they knew of) have experienced something, basically telling me about impaction even though they have never experienced it.
Right then! Now that's out of the way, I'll get going!
So, a few months ago I moved Cleo, my female wild type leopard gecko into a medium low Exo Terra (60X45x30cm, LxDxH) and I am currently using an Exo Terra Sand Mat as substrate. It looks good, but the problem I have is that it gets stained by poo really easily and I am not prepared to spend £10 every two months just on substrate!
So instead, I am thinking about alternative substrates. Lino and tiles are out of the question as the heat mat will be underneath and I think lino will block the heat whereas I might crack the glass if I were to drop a tile. I am thinking about mixing Arcadia Earth Mix with sand to make a scrub-land-esque terrain, or using coco fibre/Eco Earth instead of the Earth Mix seeing as it's quite expensive to not grow live plants in it. Only problem with that is apparently dry coco fibre is very dusty? I am also considering using ProRep's Leo Life.
Anyways, could I please have some pictures of what you do and how does anybody rate the Leo Life? Thanks!
I don't want anyone to reply saying about the negativity of have a particulate substrate unless they THEMSELVES (not somebody they knew of) have experienced something, basically telling me about impaction even though they have never experienced it.
Right then! Now that's out of the way, I'll get going!
So, a few months ago I moved Cleo, my female wild type leopard gecko into a medium low Exo Terra (60X45x30cm, LxDxH) and I am currently using an Exo Terra Sand Mat as substrate. It looks good, but the problem I have is that it gets stained by poo really easily and I am not prepared to spend £10 every two months just on substrate!
So instead, I am thinking about alternative substrates. Lino and tiles are out of the question as the heat mat will be underneath and I think lino will block the heat whereas I might crack the glass if I were to drop a tile. I am thinking about mixing Arcadia Earth Mix with sand to make a scrub-land-esque terrain, or using coco fibre/Eco Earth instead of the Earth Mix seeing as it's quite expensive to not grow live plants in it. Only problem with that is apparently dry coco fibre is very dusty? I am also considering using ProRep's Leo Life.
Anyways, could I please have some pictures of what you do and how does anybody rate the Leo Life? Thanks!